Chapter ten. Using Nirvana as inspiration aha. Here you go, please review thanks :D
Chapter ten: Castor's POV
Maybe if things were different I could hold her. There were enough what ifs floating around my head about me and Luna and I was annoyed with myself because I always seemed to create a new one.
I adjusted my glasses and coughed slightly. We were sat in potions, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.
Fabian giggled next to me, "Yeah! Harry's dad used to bully Snape or something," he giggled.
I sighed. Just because Snape could be a git now it didn't mean I agreed with the torment Snape may or may not have suffered. From the looks of things out of our little group Fabian was the only one who found it hilarious. Colin was, as usual, engrossed in his text book, his eyes only looking up to grimace somewhat at me and Luna. Luna however didn't seem to have taken much, if any notice of the conversation happening. It appeared that something on the far corner of the potions classroom had interested her.
I gulped, feeling the need to break her trace, "Luna?"
She looked up and her eyes glittered with a certain engulfing light.
"Yes Castor?" It made me giddy every time she said my name.
"What do you think about… James Potter and Snape?" I asked her.
"I don't think it's nice to talk about Harry's father like this. It's unfair to Professor Snape and Harry. Imagine if Harry heard us talking about it," Luna sighed. I was glad her feelings matched my own. I rolled my eyes as Fabian snorted. He turned to talk to some other Gryffindor's and Ravenclaw's.
Snape growled and smacked Fabian on the back of the head which caused me to chuckle. He could be annoying sometimes, I did love him but god he could be an arse.
I closed my books and got ready to leave the lesson. I rolled my eyes, Ernie was waiting outside for Luna along with Hannah for Fabian. Hannah grinned at my friend and he winked at me before putting his arm around Hannah and leading her away. Colin just sighed.
"Heya," Ernie smiled at Luna and I was once reminded of the fact that out of all the people he wasn't that much of a bad choice, he'd treat her right and she seemed to be happy with him at least.
"Hi Ernie," she replied. I did my best to smile at him as the pair held hands but it was rather hard. Watching her grin and gaze into his eyes. She'd never think of me like that, it was… me. Of course she wouldn't. I was just her friend, her Death Eater material best friend.
I heard a cough from behind me and turned round to see Colin raising an eyebrow at me.
"Let's just go to the black lake," I sighed. Luna and Ernie decided to come with us although I wished they hadn't. It was painful enough seeing him with her for a few seconds.
We sat down and I spread my legs out, resting on a tree with Colin next to me who proceeded to open his Batman comic and read happily.
Ernie had always been slightly nervous about me, most people who didn't know me well were. It was hardly surprising. I'd probably be too if I was in their shoes.
I rubbed the mark on my hand, grimacing slightly, 'I must not disobey.' Luna and Colin seemed to notice. Luna put her hand on my mine and squeezed it, causing my stomach to do flips. I'm not sure if I went red but I didn't miss the glare that Ernie gave me.
"Oh look! It's Looney and her pals!" I looked up to see a few older Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. I looked to Ernie expecting him to defend her but instead he just seemed to shy away. Typical I thought. I nodded to Colin and we got up, drawing our wands.
"You want to run that by me again?" I growled, a few of them stepped back. Not because I was actually intimidating but because of my name, of who I was. Usually it was a curse but I guessed that at times like this it could be a blessing.
"L-Luna… I'm going to go," I heard Ernie mutter and this caused to me growl.
A braver Hufflepuff stood forward to match me and I growled back at him, getting ready to blast him off his feet at any moment.
"Come on then Black! Do your worst!" He yelled, causing a loud growl to erupt from my throat.
"Castor, Colin… please," Luna sounded tired, although she was getting sick of it all. I looked behind me to see her.
I just growled at the lot and they headed away laughing.
Who did they think they were? Luna was the nicest, kindest person I'd ever met and I was lucky to know her.
"I can't believe Ernie just left!" Colin growled but Luna didn't seem too bothered, she just let out one of her mesmerising sighs.
"It's okay. He was just nervous," Luna sighed, as though that made everything okay. He was trying to date Luna and then he doesn't even defend her when people are mean to her! Although it's not like Luna ever minded. Nothing like this ever seemed to bother her, not name calling, people stealing her stuff, any of it. She'd always blame it on nargles anyway. She certainly was one kooky girl.
I laughed slightly, nargles would probably hate Luna and her dad if they were real, considering all the stuff the pair blamed them for.
Colin went off and I smiled at the silence that pursued over the lake, nothing dared to disturb it. There wasn't the slightest ripple that disturbed the water's surface, my eyes darted over the dew drops strewn throughout the grass.
"You know I don't mind Castor," Luna let out another sigh and I felt slightly bad for doing this to her but I just couldn't sit there while they treated her like that!
"I know Luna but I do," I replied. She smiled slightly and tucked her wand behind her ear. It would be the end of the first term soon and I felt a nervous tension rise through me, like a trail of sick. I could tell something bad was waiting for me after the holiday, I just didn't dare to think what. As long as Luna was okay, Luna, Colin and Fabian. If they were okay I'd be okay. Or at least I hoped they could pull me through whatever was going to happen, Snape telling Luna and I to duel only made me more nervous, what did he know that we didn't?
I knew Voldermort was back, that much I knew for sure… no matter how blind and dumb other people were to the truth. She dragged me back to the castle and smiled at me as we waltzed through the corridors.
"Fabian's mum's having a Christmas party, we're both invited. It's meant to be a ballroom kind of thing, dress robes," Luna smiled happily. I groaned inwardly, I hated dancing. Especially when it meant that I'd also have to watch Luna dance with Ernie… oh god. I'd probably just end up dancing with Tonks or something. That's how things usually worked. I had no one so I looked to my cousin for guidance, although she seemed to be taken with gazing starry eyed at Mr Remus Lupin. I wondered if aunty had noticed, she'd probably laugh for a while and then her and Ted would flip out.
I certainly noticed, it was hard to miss, she literally lit up every time he entered the room.
"I guess you're going with Ernie," I said rather glumly, I had to wonder if she noticed the tone in my voice, if she did she didn't make a big deal out of it. She just let it pass.
She nodded her head and I sighed but she looked up at this with a slight mischievous glint in her eyes, "Looks like we'll have to find you a date!" Luna giggled.
"No, no, no way! I do not need you to play matchmaker for me Lovegood!" I yelled, going scarlet which just caused Luna to laugh even more as I grinned deeply.
"I hope Ernie's a good dancer. You deserve to have someone at least decent to dance with when you'll be looking beautiful in your dress robes."
"I doubt I'll look that splendid," she shook her head and I laughed, did she not understand… did she not see herself the way I saw her? She was the definition of perfection… which basically in Luna's case meant she was different and that made her brilliant. Her smile could light up a room and it would always brighten my day.
"Who do you think you'll go with then?" She asked me as we continued forward.
"I don't know… I might just go on my own and see if anyone else if missing a dance partner," Luna shook her head at this idea but she wasn't the type to argue so she merely left it with a smile.
"Both you and Colin won't have a partner," she smiled, she wasn't saying it as though it was a bad thing, she was just stating the facts.
"Maybe we can go together then," I grinned, "Col I love you… your beautiful eyes. Let me have your children Colin!"
Luna rolled her eyes at my antics but neither the less a small chuckle escaped her mouth. Her magical mouth.
I hoped she wasn't planning something… I didn't want to be stitched up with some girl and I was sure some girl wouldn't want to be stitched up with me… the freak.